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s s E R P G N I L A B APPLICATION FILED MAB.12,1910

JAMES D. HENDRIX, OF WALL, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application led March 12, 1910. Serial No. 548,838.

" To all whom 'it may concern:

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Be it known that I, JAMES D. HENDRIX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wall, in the county of Tom Green and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Ealing-Press, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to baling presses and one of its objects is toprovide a machine of this character having revoluble means forintermittently directing the plunger into the press box, means beingprovided for automatically returning` the plunger to its initialposition immediately subsequent to each forward stroke thereof.

A further object is to provide a packer having novel means for actuatingthe same.

A further object is to provide improved means for guiding the plungerduring the reciprocation thereof.

Another object is to provide improved means whereby the bales may beelevated automatically immediately subsequent to their discharge fromthe press, whereby said bales can be dropped into a wagon or otherreceptacle provided for them.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accom anying drawings the pre ferred form o the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a baling pressconstructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion of theelevator being removed. Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the actuatingmechanism, the packer, and the adjoining portions of the pressstructure. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the discharge end of the press andof the Fig. f-l is a section on the line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is anenlarged section on line C-D Fig. 1. Fig. G is a vertical longitudinalsection through the discharge end of the baling press and showing theflexible free end of the base and stop strip.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates thebase of the press, the same being mounted at an intermediate point upona wheel supported axle 2 while a tongue 3` extends forward from the baseand is mounted upon the front wheel supported axle 4 which is pivotallyconnected to the tongue and may be provided with the usual draft O'ear.

A standard 5 extends upwardly from each side of the base and adjacentthe front end thereof, each standard being provided with upwardlyconverging braces 6 and there beine a shaft 7 journaled in the upperends of the standards 5 and provided with a crank 8 while a sprocket 9is secured to one end of the shaft and is adapted to receive motionthrough a chain 10 from another sprocket 11 secured to a shaft 12. Thislast mentioned shaft is jouinaled in standards 13 extending upwardlyfrom the sides of the base 1 at the front end of the base and a pulley14 is mounted on the said shaft and is adapted to be actuated by a belt15 driven by any suitable power. This pulley is preferably looselymounted on the shaft and has a clutch member 16 integral with the hubthereof and designed to be engaged by a clutch member 17 feathered onthe shaft 12 and actuated by the forked end of an arm 18. This armextends downwardly from a shaft 19 journaled within suitable supports 20and having a handle 21 at one end whereby it can be readily manipulatedfor throwing the clutch member 17 into or out of engagement with theclutch member 1G. Shaft 12 has an intermediate crank 22 on which isarranged a roller 23 adapted to travel in a circle between the standards13.

The chain 10 heretofore referred to may be held normally taut in anypreferred manner, as by means of an idler sprocket 24 carried by a lever25. This lever is journaled on one of the standards 5 and has a spring2G attached to it and whereby the sprocket 24 is held normally presseddownwardly against the chain. It is of course to be understood thatother forms of belt tighteners may be used in lieu of that shown anddescribed.

Side walls 27 extend upward from the base 1 adjacent the rear axle 2 andform the press box of the machine, this press box being provided with afeed hopper 28 arranged upon the top thereof and one wall of which isslotted as shown at 29. This slot is designed to receive a lever 30fulcrumed at an intermediate point between the upper ends of standards31`and having a packing head or block 32 fixedly connected to one endand adapted to move downwardly into the hopper. The other end of thelever is connected, by means of a link 33, to the crank 8 so that, asthe shaft 7 rotates, the packing block 32 will be oscillated withrelation to the hopper. v

A plunger 34 is mounted to reciprocate upon the base 1 and between thestandards and the side walls, this plunger being provided with a shank35 having a head or enlargement- 36 at its outer or free end. A wearplate 37 is secured upon said end and merges into a guide rod 38 whichextends longitudinally above the shank and is secured to the plunger 34.This guide rod is slidably mounted within guide eyes or Yloops 1 39formed upon cross rods 40 which are connected to the standards 5 andopposed `braces 6 respectively. It will be apparent therefore that theseguide eyes coperate with the guide rod 38 to hold the plunger properlycentered at kall times during its reciprocation. A spring 41 is securedat one end to a laterally extending projection 42 on the shank 35 and atits other end to one of the braces 6, this spring serving to hold thehead I' or enlargement 36 normally in the path of the roller 23. Acut-ofi plate 43 is secured to the top of the plunger and is adapted,when said plunger is moved into the press box, to close the bottom ofthe hopper 28.

Pivot rods 44 are arranged vertically upon the outer' faces of the walls27 and adjacent apertures 45 which are formed within said walls. Each ofthese apertures 45 has one arm 46 of a bell crank lever projectingtherethrough, the other arm of said lever being located outside of thewall 27. These outer arms of the several bell crank levers have a springrod 47 extended through them, the ends of the rod being extended atright angles, or parallel with the bell crank levers and being securedto the wall 27. This spring rod thus serves to hold the Aentire seriesof bell crank levers -at one side of the machine normally projectedinwardly. As these inwardly projecting arms of the levers are beveled,they constitute stop dogs which will swing outwardly when the hay orother material being pressed, is forced thereagainst. The springs bars47, however, will promptly return the inwardly projecting ends of thelevers to their normal positions when they are relieved from the'pressure exerted by the plunger 34.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that the set ofretaining dogs or levers located at each side of the press box movesimultaneously.

Angle irons 48 are extended along the side edges of the base 1 betweenthe walls 27 and and downwardly. The upper and lower side irons 49y and48 are connected by side strips 51 and the ends of these said strips areconnected by transversely extending tension bolts 52.

Brackets 53 extend laterally from the rear ends of the angle irons 48and are detachably engaged bythe lower ends of side strips 54 which aresupported thereby in inclined positions. Cross strips 55 connect thelower portions of the side strips and support a guide plate 56extendinglongitudinally between t-he strips 54. Brackets 57 extenddownwardly from the side strips 54 at points above the plate 56 andsupport transversely extending rollers 58.

It is of course to be understood that the pulley 14 may operatecontinuously without actuating the mechanism of the press unless theclutch member 17 is shifted into engagement with the clutch member 16.Then these two clutch members are thrown toget-her, the shaft 12 will berotated with the pulley and the roller 23 will be swung downwardlyagainst the head or enlargement 36, forcing the shank 35 forward anddirecting the plunger under and across the bottom of the feed hopper 28.Any hay or other material in the path of the plunger will thus becompressed within the press box and will be retained by the dogs orlevers 46. While the plunger is thus located under the hopper hay orother material can be placed within said hopper and will. be supportedby the cut-off plate 43. At this time the packing block 32 is heldelevated by the lever 30 and the crank 8 but, as the shaft 12 continuesto rotate, motion is transmitted therefrom through the chain 10 to theshaft 7 and the crank 8 therefore swings the block 32 downwardly intothe hopper. ately subsequent to the completion of the forward movementof the plunger 34 and as the roller 23 moves upwardly from behind thehead 36, the spring 41, which is placed under stress during the forwardmovement of the plunger, returns said plunger to its initial position,it being apparent therefore that as the block 32 moves downwardly itwill force into the press box all hay or other material located withinthe hopper. This alternate movement of theplunger and packing block willcontinue as long as desired and the pressed bales after being tied willbe forced out ofthe contracted end of the machine and onto the inclinedguide plate` 66. The said bales will therefore be directed upwardlybetween the side strips 54 and onto the rollers 58 and will be droppedoff of the upper end of the elevator and onto a wagon or the likelocated thereunder.

It will be seen. that the press which has been described iscomparatively simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and will beeasy to operate, not only to press material into bales, but to elevatethe bales and to discharge them into a waiting receptacle or into piles.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction andarrangement ofthe parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advanta es of the invention as defined in the appen( edclaims.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described including apress box, a plunger, a shank ex- Atending therefrom, a guide rod abovesaid shank and movable therewith guides for the rod, and a revolublecrank movable against the shank to shift the plunger into the press box.

2. A machine of the class described including a press box, `a plunger, ashank extending from the plunger, said shank having a head at its freeend, a wear device upon the head, a guide rod integral with said deviceand secured to the plunger, guides for the rod, and a revoluble crankmovable against the wear device to shift the shank and plunger in onedirection.

3. A baling ress including a press box, parallel angle irons extendingbeyond the corner portions of the press box, a base extending betweenand secured to the lower angle irons, a top strip extending between andtension means for adjusting the free Y ends of the angle irons relativeto each other.

Ll. A baling press including a press box, a base extending forwardly andrearwardly therefrom, standards upstanding from the base, guide membersextending over the base and supported by the standards, a plunger, ashank thereon, said shank having a head, a guide rod extendinglongitudinally above the shank and secured to the plunger, said rodbeing slidably mounted Within the guide members, a revoluble crankmovable against the head to shift the plunger in one direction, andmeans for automatically returning the plunger subsequent to saidmovement, one end of the rod constituting a wear plate upon the head forengagement with the crank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. HENDRIX. lVitnesses:

W'. S. ROBINSON, J. '0. DAY.

